What's the weather like where you are?

[Helen]

@Cristo Rei @Backlit @marksman some spring snow within 10km radius from home, also a good spot to collect firewood.

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Hate those photos…too much of a reminder that it Will soon be here to stay for five months ..waaaa!!

 

[Truman]

Hate those photos…too much of a reminder that it Will soon be here to stay for five months ..waaaa!!

Waaa! is right!

 

[Helen]

Waaa! is right!

I’m in the west …are you East?
We’ve had a wonderful summer here.

 

[Truman]

I’m in the west …are you East?
We’ve had a wonderful summer here.

By Hamilton. It was too hot and humid.

 

[Cristo Rei]

Apparently there was an earth quake today in Victoria only about 60-90mins away from where @Backlit and @Josho live...

Did u guys feel anything?

 

[Brakelite]

Felt it good alright. There were actually 4 quakes, ranging from 4.1 to 5.9, and 15klms deep to 2klms deep, about 30ks south of Mt Buller. Just felt like 1 quake here. Lasted at least 15 secs.
Got used to them where I grew up in NZ. We would experience one every week, some weak, some strong, but I never had to live through one that actually did any damage around me. Felt some though that did great damage elsewhere, where the center was several hundred ks away.
As kids we got quite complacent. Ho hum, there's another shake, big deal. At school we did exercises every week and practiced crouching under our desks at an alarm. Despite many quakes, we never got the alarm.
This mornings shake came as a shock, having not felt one since coming here. It wasn't a ho hum thing this morning. Got me out of bed.

 

[Cristo Rei]

Felt it good alright. There were actually 4 quakes, ranging from 4.1 to 5.9, and 15klms deep to 2klms deep, about 30ks south of Mt Buller. Just felt like 1 quake here. Lasted at least 15 secs.
Got used to them where I grew up in NZ. We would experience one every week, some weak, some strong, but I never had to live through one that actually did any damage around me. Felt some though that did great damage elsewhere, where the center was several hundred ks away.
As kids we got quite complacent. Ho hum, there's another shake, big deal. At school we did exercises every week and practiced crouching under our desks at an alarm. Despite many quakes, we never got the alarm.
This mornings shake came as a shock, having not felt one since coming here. It wasn't a ho hum thing this morning. Got me out of bed.

A bit of nostalgia for u then reminding you of NZ...

There was a quake around Mornington peninsula about 12 years ago. A few friends were at my place and some of us felt it in the outter north western burbs

Its unusual but cos there are no fault lines in Australia

 

[Brakelite]

Its unusual but cos there are no fault lines in Australia

Which makes me inquire about it being the result of volcanic activity?... And yeah, NZ is a fault line. Lol.

 

[Cristo Rei]

Which makes me inquire about it being the result of volcanic activity?... And yeah, NZ is a fault line. Lol.

I don’t think that science can accout for these kind of earthquakes that happen far from fault lines. I don't think there are any active volcano's in Australia

 

[Brakelite]

I don't think there are any active volcano's in Australia

Well, there wasn't yesterday anyway.

 

[Cristo Rei]

Well, there wasn't yesterday anyway.

I don't think you necessarily need volcanic activity for an earthquake to occur... Do you?

 

[farouk]

Wet here....

 

[farouk]

I’m in the west …are you East?
We’ve had a wonderful summer here.

@Helen It's been really good further east here, also...though pretty wet now....

 

[Josho]

@Backlit Mt Gambier is the most recently erupted volcano in Australia, believed to have last erupted 5000 years ago, the experts reckon it's unlikely to erupt anytime soon again and reckon it's a once in 10,000 year event.

 

[Josho]

@Cristo Rei any snowy views today in Tassie? It's almost forecasted to hit sea level in Southern Tassie, and the last time I checked, 200m asl tomorrow morning in North West Tassie. It does not take much for it to fall lower though, 1c-1.5c colder could be the difference of sea level snow and snow down to 200m asl.

 

[Cristo Rei]

@Cristo Rei any snowy views today in Tassie? It's almost forecasted to hit sea level in Southern Tassie, and the last time I checked, 200m asl tomorrow morning in North West Tassie. It does not take much for it to fall lower though, 1c-1.5c colder could be the difference of sea level snow and snow down to 200m asl.

The locals have told me that it has snowed at the beach here before... Now that would be an awesome sight
There will definitely be snow somewhere between here and Strahan
A few weeks ago there was snow reported in Yolla which is only about 20 mins away

Our weather systems go on to hit our friends in New Zealand

 

[Brakelite]

The locals have told me that it has snowed at the beach here before... Now that would be an awesome sight
There will definitely be snow somewhere between here and Strahan
A few weeks ago there was snow reported in Yolla which is only about 20 mins away

Our weather systems go on to hit our friends in New Zealand

Yep. Became quite the expert at reading weather maps in order to forecast future swell directions and size. Discovered Cristo that there are numerous earthquake faults in and around Mt Buller. So...

 

[Wynona]

Cool and sunny today! Absolutely gorgeous!

 

[farouk]

Cool and sunny today! Absolutely gorgeous!

@Wynona Beautiful day here too, so far...

 

[dev553344]

We finally got some more rain. It's needed for the wild fires. And I'm cozy in my place safe and dry. Just going to watch movies and snuggle in.